Graham, Elyse
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
- ISBN 13:
- 9780063417304
- author:
- Graham, Elyse
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- HarperCollins
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 23 x 15.5 x 2.7 centimetres (0.3
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The story of the academics who became spies is one of unexpected bravery and ingenuity. At the start of World War II, the US needed an intelligence agency, and it turned to academia to fill its ranks. Literature professors, librarians, and historians were recruited to perform undercover operations and investigative work, and their efforts would profoundly shape the course of the war and American culture. Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified files to tell the story of these humanities scholars turned spies. Their experiences, including hunting down German spies, acquiring documents, and working behind enemy lines, are a testament to the power of the humanities to change the world. This book is a thrilling and rigorously researched account of a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis and laid the foundations of modern intelligence.
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